To pronounce "defragmenting", say DEFR-agm-ent-ing — 4 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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"defragmenting" has 4 syllables: defr-agm-ent-ing.
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"Defragmenting" has 4 syllables: defr · agm · ent · ing.
Defragmenting: To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
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